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Trump & Dawkins Confused Why White Supremacists Might Like Them
The retweet (or “RT” in shorthand) is a funny thing. It can serve many purposes, some of which are contradictory: signal…
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Religion
Did Luis Suarez’s Biting Break His Fast?: A World Cup / Ramadan Update
It’s a World Cup Ramadan, the first one since the 1980s. It’s like a White Christmas? Kind of? Except Ramadan…
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Activism
#TwitterTheocracy: How Anti-Blasphemy Laws Are Tools of Oppression
Recently, the case of Meriam Ibrahim made international headlines. The story was that she, a pregnant Christian woman married to a…
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Religion
Unveiled: A Look Back on the Hijab
I, along with two other former Muslim women (Marwa Berro of Between a Veil and a Dark Place and Reem…
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Religion
To Those Defending Alleged Marks & Spencer Religious Exemptions
Edited to ensure clarity on the fact that the incident with an M&S cashier was an isolated incident rather than…
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Allah’s Little Ambassador: What Hijab Is & Isn’t
A few weeks back, I gave a talk at the first Sexy Secular Conference in Akron, OH, with the title Virgins,…
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Religion
Dawkins Has It Pretty Good, Honey: An [Ex-]Muslima’s Perspective
The first in my family to fly after September 11th, 2001 was my wheelchair-bound, arthritic grandmother. An international traveler of…
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The Huffington Post’s Resident Conspiracy-Theorist Creationist
I’ve always had mixed feelings about The Huffington Post. They make money with notorious clickbait and yet don’t pay their non-staff…
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